The Seitz Petition

[Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>]

Some subscribers might be interested in a recent post "Re: petition 
packet" [Hake (2007)]. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: The petitions circulated by the Oregon Institute of Science 
and Medicine (OISM) and Fred Seitz in 1998 and again in 2007 urge the 
United States government to "reject the global warming agreement that 
was written in Kyoto, Japan in December, 1997, and any other similar 
proposals." Despite (a) the disavowal of the 1998 petition by the 
National Academy of Science, (b) the half-truths in the accompanying 
pseudo-article "Environmental Effects of Increased Atmospheric Carbon 
Dioxide," and (c) the extremist nature of the organizations with 
which OISM and Seitz are associated (all the above are cogently 
reported by Bob Park and SourceWatch); many scientists, politicians, 
and newspaper editors have been deluded by Seitz's petitions - yet 
another example of the science/math illiteracy of the general 
population.
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The entire 17 kB post may be accessed by clicking on 
<https://carnot.physics.buffalo.edu/archives/2007/10_2007/msg00086.html>.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
<rrhake@earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi>


 REFERENCES
Hake, R.R. 2007. "Re: petition packet" online at 
<https://carnot.physics.buffalo.edu/archives/2007/10_2007/msg00086.html>. 
Post of 14 Oct 2007 21:32:07 -0700 to AP-Physics, Physhare, Phys-L, 
Physoc, & PhysLrnR.